NEWSLETTER 2014
Hi everyone this is me Dingo having a bath at auntie Annes, I love it!
2014
We have enjoyed another wonderful year with our dog school, cannot believe we have been around for 18 years! whew!! where did the time go.
All our classes have been very busy all year, its lovely to see so many of our past pupils returning with their new pups/dogs and recommending us to others.
This has been a special year as we held our charity event in the summer and raised an amazing amount of money, is`nt it lovely what dogs can achieve!
We are going to have our winter break now and will be back in the new year with renewed energy looking forward to meeting and helping many more dogs.
MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015
PAT AND COLIN XX
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6TH DECEMBER
We are holding the dogs party today, everyone at class for 11am please.
Seeing the dogs dressed up in fancy dress and enjoying the games is a good end to a busy training year.
Seeing the dogs dressed up in fancy dress and enjoying the games is a good end to a busy training year.
30TH NOVEMBER
CHRISTMAS PARTY AND DOG OF THE YEAR AWARDS
We have all enjoyed our end of year party at the Beaufort Park Hotel once again they put on a lovely meal for 38 of our pupils and friends. As always we enjoyed lots of banter with plenty of balloon races! and a quiz.
Here are the results of the Dog of the Year awards
PRE BEGINNER - EMMA AND BARNEY
BEGINNER - EMMA AND BARNEY
CLASS A - JANET AND BRUNO
MOST IMPROVED - BEV AND YOGI
Congratulations to all of you and good luck for next season at the shows.
A special award was given to
BARBARA AND KIRK
NOVEMBER
CONGRATULATIONS TO BEV AND YOGI
MINIATURE SCHNAUZER
WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO TAKE PART IN THE
OBREEDIENCE COMPETITION AT CRUFTS 2015
We will all be there cheering you on
wishing you the very best of Luck.
We are so very proud of you both.
NOVEMBER
We were so sorry to hear from Lesley that she has lost her wonderful Border Collie Robbie after a short illness, he has been a regular member of our group for nearly 10 years and everybody loved him. Lesley had him from the RSPCA as a youngster, being a lively character he suited Lesley and they both moved on very quickly through the classes up to competition where they won a prize every time they competed, they also took part in agility which Rob enjoyed very much.
We will miss him very much at class and would like to send our deepest sympathy to Lesley, Paco and family.
We will miss him very much at class and would like to send our deepest sympathy to Lesley, Paco and family.
OCTOBER
I have just had a lovely letter from Beryl Powell of North West Cancer Research, she thanks our lovely dog training group for their help in raising funds for this year. They are able to give £30,000 to research and Beryl tells me our donation was the largest this year £1,717.50, is`nt that wonderful! are`nt dogs wonderful!
Colin and I are very proud of all our pupils.
Colin and I are very proud of all our pupils.
12TH OCTOBER
CONGRATULATIONS - AT CHESHIRE DOG SHOW
EMMA AND BARNEY 4TH IN BEGINNERS
JANET AND BRUNO 5TH IN A
ALSO KERRY AND BELLE, BEV AND YOGI JUST OUT OF THE PLACES
AND TO GILL AND EVIE FOR A LOVELY RECALL
WELL DONE TO YOU ALL
27TH SEPTEMBER
£1,717.50 HAS BEEN RAISED FOR
NORTH WEST CANCER RESEARCH
BY ALL OUR WONDERFUL PUPILS AND THEIR DOGS
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU ALL
PROGRESS TEST - Our autumn progress test has taken place and once again we had a wonderful day with all our pupils trying hard to gain the best rosette.
Everyone went home with a rosette and the best dog!
Thank you to our judges Bev Roberts and Carol Rowlands
Winners
STARTERS - LESLIE AND PACO
CONTROL - ANNE AND LLOYD
FUN COMPETITION - LESLIE AND ROBBIE
BEGINNERS - KERRY AND BELLE
BEST RETRIEVE - CAROL AND KENNY
BEST GUNDOG - JOHN AND ROSIE
JASPER MEMORIAL TROPHY - KERRY AND BELLE
PROGRESS AWARD - SIMON AND SAM
Below are the first place and trophy winners
30TH AUGUST
CHARITY DAY
ALL MONEY WILL BE GIVEN TO NORTH WEST CANCER RESEARCH
Well what a great day we had! 30 dogs took part in the sponsored down stay exercise and all were successful, fabulous!
Beryl Powell from the charity was in attendance with her son and was very impressed with the whole group of dogs and owners.
We raised £258 on the day with donations and the tombola and will now collect all the sponsor money and award the final amount on
Saturday 27th September at our progress test.
Colin and I would like to say a big thank you all our pupils for their support.
AUGUST
We were so very sorry to hear that Ann Johnson has had to say goodbye to her wonderful Goldie Max.
Having rescued him in a really bad condition through the golden retriever rescue several years ago Ann and her family spent a lot of time and effort improving his health and happiness, he turned out to be a lovely dog with his own ideas on training which we all enjoyed watching, he won many prizes in our progress tests which Ann undertook with an iron will and a big smile on her face. He and Destin have helped Ann through some very tough times recently, he gave great comfort and companionship.
He will be greatly missed at the class and we offer our deepest sympathy to Ann and her family.
Having rescued him in a really bad condition through the golden retriever rescue several years ago Ann and her family spent a lot of time and effort improving his health and happiness, he turned out to be a lovely dog with his own ideas on training which we all enjoyed watching, he won many prizes in our progress tests which Ann undertook with an iron will and a big smile on her face. He and Destin have helped Ann through some very tough times recently, he gave great comfort and companionship.
He will be greatly missed at the class and we offer our deepest sympathy to Ann and her family.
20TH JULY
WELL DONE TO JANET AND BRUNO GAINING 3RD PRIZE IN CLASS A
AT ST HELENS DOG SHOW
"WHAT A STAR"
12TH JULY
DISPLAY AT RHYDYMWYN FETE
Our advanced and competition class performed an obedience display and this year we included a barn dance that we had been working on at the local fete. Below is a picture of those taking part, it all went well and the crowds really enjoyed seeing our wonderful dogs.
5TH JULY
CONGRATULATIONS TO GILL AND EVIE ON GAINING THEIR FIRST EVER ROSETTE, 6TH PLACE IN PRE BEGINNERS AT CHADKIRK DOG SHOW.
WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO THE CAKES AT CLASS.
VERY WELL DONE, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU BOTH.
21ST JUNE
OBEDIENCE DISPLAY AT THE GREYHOUND RESCUE SHOW
ALYN WATERS WREXHAM
16 of our pupils took part in a display of obedience which was really impressive, we had lots of positive comments from the huge crowd of dog lovers watching.
The show made over £1,000 for the rescue charity and we were really pleased to help out on such a lovely day.
1ST JUNE
CONGRATULATIONS TO
EMMA AND BARNEY 3RD IN PRE BEG AND 4TH IN BEG
DAVE AND EBONY 6TH IN PRE BEG AND 7TH IN BEG
KERRY AND BELLE 9TH IN PRE BEG
ALL AT CHESHIRE DOG SHOW
It was a very hot day for us and the dogs but still managed some good work
well done we are very proud of you all.
29TH MAY
CONGRATULATIONS TO JANET AND BRUNO WINNING 4TH PRIZE IN CLASS A AT BORDER COLLIE CLUB OF WALES DOG SHOW
24TH MAY
We are very pleased to have Christine Smeaton coming as guest trainer for our competition class.
31ST MAY
We enjoyed another interesting and informative session on first aid from Judy and Aimee from the GRANGE VETS IN MOLD.
17th MAY
Congratulations to Janet and Bruno coming 5th in A at Southport dog show.
What a wonderful Labrador he is!
11TH MAY
CONGRATULATIONS
TO DAVE AND EBONY COMING 5TH AND TO EMMA AND BARNEY 2ND
IN PRE BEGINNERS AT WIRRAL DOG SHOW
We are so proud of you both.
26TH APRIL
We held a very interesting and entertaining first aid course which was given by Judy and Philipa from the Grange Veterinary surgery Mold.
12 of our pupils attended and I am sure we all learned something which would help us in a situation where our dogs were ill or injured.
All the dogs ended up with a fancy bandage on their leg!
Thank you very much Judy and Philipa and we look forward to having you with us again soon.
12 of our pupils attended and I am sure we all learned something which would help us in a situation where our dogs were ill or injured.
All the dogs ended up with a fancy bandage on their leg!
Thank you very much Judy and Philipa and we look forward to having you with us again soon.
19TH APRIL
Its easter at dog school today so we had a bit of fun with all the dogs doing an easter egg hunt ( tennis balls with numbers on!), the dog with the highest number on their eggs was the winner! PS. dogs love tennis balls! as you can see.
John has very kindly made us a lovely new jump to use at class, thank you sooo much for all your hard work.
Here is Rosie his dog showing us all how to retrieve over it!
Here is Rosie his dog showing us all how to retrieve over it!
12TH APRIL
CONGRATULATIONS TO EMMA AND BARNEY coming 3rd in pre beginners at Anglesey dog show.
5TH APRIL
PROGRESS TEST
What a fabulous day we all had, 33 of our pupils took part all hoping to do their best and win a good prize.
Many thanks to our judges Janet Rimmer and Christine Smeaton.
The winners are
CONTROL - ANN AND MAX
STARTERS - GILL AND MAX
FUN COMPETITION - ANN AND BARCLAY
BEGINNERS - KERRY AND BELLE
NOVICE - SANDRA AND MAISIE
BEST RETRIEVE - MIKE AND TIA
BEST GUNDOG TROPHY - ANN AND MAX
PROGRESS AWARD - MIKE AND TIA
JASPER MEMORIAL TROPHY - KERRY AND BELLE
All 33 dogs went home with a rosette, congratulations to everyone.
What a fabulous day we all had, 33 of our pupils took part all hoping to do their best and win a good prize.
Many thanks to our judges Janet Rimmer and Christine Smeaton.
The winners are
CONTROL - ANN AND MAX
STARTERS - GILL AND MAX
FUN COMPETITION - ANN AND BARCLAY
BEGINNERS - KERRY AND BELLE
NOVICE - SANDRA AND MAISIE
BEST RETRIEVE - MIKE AND TIA
BEST GUNDOG TROPHY - ANN AND MAX
PROGRESS AWARD - MIKE AND TIA
JASPER MEMORIAL TROPHY - KERRY AND BELLE
All 33 dogs went home with a rosette, congratulations to everyone.
APRIL
As from April we will have to say a fond farewell to our venue at Rhosddu community centre in Wrexham; the council in their wisdom have decided to close it down! we had been there for many happy years.
Our lovely new venue is ST JOHNS CHURCH HALL, RHOSNESNI, only half a mile from Rhosddu, we are looking forward to continuing with our classes and helping the people of Wrexham with their dogs.
Our lovely new venue is ST JOHNS CHURCH HALL, RHOSNESNI, only half a mile from Rhosddu, we are looking forward to continuing with our classes and helping the people of Wrexham with their dogs.
28TH MARCH
We are very sorry to hear that Janet and Geoff have had to say good bye to their wonderful labrador Oliver.
Ollie was one of our original competition dogs and he and Janet won many prizes and hearts on their way through the classes.
We will miss him greatly and offer our sincere sympathies.
6th - 9th MARCH
We all went down to the NEC in Birmingham to visit Crufts dog show.
CONGRATULATIONS TO WALES FOR WINNING THE WORLD CUP OBEDIENCE COMPETITION
JANUARY 31ST
HELLO EVERYONE - HAPPY NEW YEAR
We are just back from our lovely winter break in the sun, we had a wonderful time with our dogs but are now ready and rareing to go with the classes and looking forward to meeting lots of new dogs again this year.
HELLO EVERYONE - HAPPY NEW YEAR
We are just back from our lovely winter break in the sun, we had a wonderful time with our dogs but are now ready and rareing to go with the classes and looking forward to meeting lots of new dogs again this year.
